This is incorrect. ring or not ring depends entirely on the piece in question and the mood or style the performer wishes to project.
– Carl WitthoftNov 21 '18 at 14:24

As an analogy - consider use of the Sus pedal on a piano to extend notes into a rest. Again, performer's option -- tho' obviously not thru the entire rest.
– Carl WitthoftNov 21 '18 at 14:27

@CarlWitthoft - Note the edit I just made to the original question. Care to add your own answer? Also, btw, the link to your resume (witthoft.com/resume) 404s for me.
– Don BransonNov 21 '18 at 14:59

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@carlwitthoft based on the complexity of the piece and what I assume to be the OP's playing ability I would teach this player that rests are for silence. As the player improves and grows, yes, I agree there is room for interpretation.
– b3koNov 21 '18 at 15:13

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@DonBranson oops -- comcast long ago killed their personal web services. One of these days I'll update to my box.com location. In the meantime, what job would you like to offer me? :-)
– Carl WitthoftNov 21 '18 at 18:41

Just as the note tells you how long it should last, a rest tells you how long the silence is for. But that's the problem with a lot of tab. It doesn't actually tell you how long each note is. Ironically here it does say the rest is for one beat.

That's where real music scores (sic), and is added to good quality tab.

So, rests need to be 'played' in silence. To make that silence, mute the string after playing the previous note, by touching it gently with a finger, or palm, from either hand. Whichever is more convenient.

You're right - if the writer wanted that G or B to ring, he'd have written it as a minim (2 beat note). He didn't. Think of it like a trumpeter. Playing all those notes, but somewhere he has to breathe in for the next lot. That rest helps, and there's no sound while that happens!

Having said all that, there is plenty of guitar music - some very old, which has chordal playing but the chords are arpeggiated. Here, the notes are written out individually, and look like they need to each play for a specific short time. Do that, and the piece sounds stilted. What needs to happen is for each chord note to continue ringing. To write this on the stave gets to be, and look, complicated. So it's simplified. One has to listen to what's being played, and make a judgement. But for accuracy's sake, play any music exactly as writ.: that's (presumably) the way the composer wanted it. Rests and all.

Again, I disagree -- not only with guitars, but with any string instruments. the amount of hold or fade into a following rest depends on the piece of music in question .
– Carl WitthoftNov 21 '18 at 14:26

@CarlWitthoft - quite happy for you to express your disagreement! However, the composer should have in mind how long each note - and each rest - will be. It's his baby! Interpretation is another thing. But with a tight band, it's important that each player keeps to an agreed timing on notes and rests, especially in intricate phrases.
– TimNov 21 '18 at 16:26

A good guitar tablature would show a Let ring marker above the note (e.g. see here). By the way, the tab you posted puzzles me a little, since it seems to keep tablature and standard notation together, while they usually stands one over the other, as you can see here.

I've seen the tablatures where one stands over the other. Those are further on in the book, so I take it that they're starting with simple things and adding on as the student progresses.
– Don BransonNov 21 '18 at 15:03

Ok, so I guess they want you to silence at the pause (not ring).
– p-a-o-l-oNov 21 '18 at 15:06